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    besides , we owe him . fervent prayers for his safety , and for the temporal and spiritual prosperity of the state . —Q ^ Why are we bound to all these duties towards our emperor ? A . First , because < jro 4 who creates empires , and who distributes

    them according to his will , m loacjijjfg our emperor with favours , whether in peace or . war , has established him our sovereign , has made him . the minister of his power and his image on earth . To honour and serve our emperor , is therefore to honour and serve God himselfo

    Secondly , because our Lord Jesus Christ , as well by his . doctrine as by his example , has himself taught us what we owe to our sovereign ; he was born under obedience to the decree of Caesar Augustus ; tie payed the . tribute prescribed ; and in the same manner as he has commanded to render to God what belongs

    to God , he has also cotnrnanded to render to C&sar what belongs to Cassar . —~ Q . Are there not particular motives tvhicFi ought $ 6 attach us more strongjy to Napoleon the First , our emperor ? A- Yes ; for it is he whom God has raised tip itl difficult circumstances to

    reestablish the public Worship of our fathersV holy religion , and to be the protector of it ; he has restored and preserved public order by his profound and active wisdom ; he defends the state by his powerful arm , and is become the anointed of the Lord by the consecration which he has received from the chief

    Pontiff , head of the Universal Church . — Q ^ Whajt afe we to think of those who should fail in their duty towards the emperor ? A . According to St . Paul , the Apostle , they would resist the order established by God himself , and would render themselves worthy of eternal damnation . —Q . Are the duties by which

    We are bound towards our emperor , equally binding towards his legitimate successors , according to the order established by the constitution of the empire ? A . Yes , undoubtedly ; . for we read in Sacred Scripture , that , God , the JL . ord of heaven and earth , by a disposition of his supreme will , and by his p . o-

    . violence , gives empires not only to a per-$ 013 in particular , but aho to his family . *~"" Ql W nat ^ our obligations towards magistrates ? A . We olight to honour , to respect , and to obey them because ( £ hey are invested < with the emperor ' s ^ thority —^ What is forbidden A in the / i >^ x | li commandment ? . We'&xefbr *

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    bidden to disobey out superiors , to hinder or speak ill of them . ' * The ortiio 4 Q # Ch ^ r ^^ if n wll | not find in theeatechfsfji all the ; " docfcrines ofgrace , " us they are

    quaintly called , expressed in his own way ; but he will perceive , to hh satisfaction , some of the peculiar doctrines" stated with grea £ precision . France is no retreat for Arians and Socinians .

    " Lesson . — Of the mystery ^ of the Hbty 'Trinity . —Q ^ Are there more Gods than one ? A . No , there is but one iJad . —*•

    Q . How many persons are there in God ? A . There are three persons-in God . — Q ^ What are the three- persons ? % ¦; A « The Father , the Son , the Hoiy Spirit , and that is what we call the Holy Trini ^ ty . —Q . Is the Father God ? A . Ye&

    .-r-Q . Is the Son God ? A . Ycs>—Q . » Is the Holy Spirit , Gcd ? A . Yes .-r Q ^ Are there then three Gods ? A . ^ Dfo * they are three distinct persons , who , notwithstanding , are but one GocW-Q ^ Why are they but one God ? A . Be *

    cause they have but one and the sa&ie nature ; but one and the same kiivinity . ^ - Q ^ Which of the three Divine Persons is the greatest , the wisest , an 4-Jthe JfU ^ St powerful ? A . They have all the same

    greatness , the same Wfsdbhi , and the same powers—* Q ^ Is the Father « old € ! r than the Son and clxa JElqly Spir-jfci' / A . No ; they are alLt ^ ree -of thc ^ sam ^ . ^ rnity ; in fine , they areecjuatin all things , for they are but one God . " ' ^

    - , \ - . ¦ .. > 4 ± ¦ : ¦ Reason is as carndl in the eye of the Catholic as of the Calvinist , and this circumfetaiiceshotild somewhat abate the confidence of fhis latter in the spirituality- ] &f hihwto * tions . Beat down rciasony ond the doctrine of

    'IVansnbstdnriation is as demonstrable ai < [ he doctrine of the Trinity , < ^ > , ^ Lesson -p- On the lacpm ^ rcb ^ i ^ ity of the Mysterus . —Q _ l& this mystery thea (" the procession of thd Ho'y GrioVt ) ' linpenetrable ? A . Ye £ - ^ Q ^ 'Ahd Uhe whole wiystcryoi the Trinity }?* A . i \ l& litew ise impenct * ablc .. ? -Q , An 4 , (^ hat

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/39/